Citation, commencement and extent U.K.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020 and comes into force immediately after both the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 M1 and the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 M2 have come into force in the United Kingdom.

(2) This Order extends to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 comes into force in accordance with art. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2020/590.

M2 S.I. 2020/951.

Extension of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 U.K.

2.  The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 M3 as amended from time to time extend to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1 with the modifications specified in Schedule 2.

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 2 comes into force in accordance with art. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M3 S.I. 2019/855, prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/590 and S.I. 2020/951.

Extension of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 U.K.

3.  Subject to the modification set out in paragraph (c), the following provisions of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 extend to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1 for the purposes of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 as modified and extended to the territories by this Order—

(a) section 44 (protection for acts done for purposes of compliance);

(b) section 52(3) (Crown application);

(c) section 53 (saving for prerogative powers), except that, in its application to a particular British overseas territory, the reference in subsection (1) of that section to the United Kingdom is to be read as a reference to that territory.

Commencement Information

I3 Art. 3 comes into force in accordance with art. 1(1)

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council